Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-16

The Eagle labor paper is to be starte,
III New York, as soon as 10000 subscriber
have been obtained.
The late Nine Boucicault's property il
Paris, is estimated to be worth Sl2, ,o00, 900
She left 50 ,o0o, 900 for founding hospi
tai.
Rev. j. W. Quimby of Orange, Mass, hai
accepted call to the pulpit of the First Uni
yersalist church at Bath, and will commenc,
his labors April lst.
Il At Crescent, a new town ten miles north o.
Los Angeles, Cal, hotel with sixteen in
mates, was blown down, Wednesday. TIVE
men were killed and all the others were bad
- ly injured.
Prof. T.. T. Quimby, who for many year
nlled the chair of mathematics in Dartmouth
for the past few years connected with tn,
nited States and Geodetic Survey, is crit
cally ill.
The story of the finding of buried gold a
Stuartius, n. B., has caused sensation
The amount found is said to be several bush
els of gold coin in shape of guineas bearing
Edate 1865.
Mrs. Brewer of Bellmore, L. L. who was
almost murdered last Friday night recovered
statement damaging to her husband, who is
suspected of the crime.
The Times correspondent at Paris repeats
the story that Grevy destroyed two of the
Limousin letters because his name appeared
! i'm them, and says that the scandal case was
dismissed to avoid duplicating Grevy.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor was buried Thurs
lay from Trinity chapel, New York. The
funeral was attended by all the prominent
society families of the city. Mrs. Astor was
h philanthropst and gave generously to the
Bpoor.
1t is understood that the Grand Trunk rail
fway company is negotiating with the Seaver
steamship line to take its Portland trade, ne
Egotations with the Allan line having failed
Fof favorable result. The Allan line steamers
as heretofore stated, will call at Baltimore
instead of Portland.
James Bunce, a farmer, at Erie, Penn. +,
visited his sweetheart Miss Lydia Patterson
Wedne esday night and found another young
sInan there. Bunce stepped outside and blew
his brains out. Miss Patterson then made!
IL desperate effort to commit suicide with al
Ecarying knife and was seriously injured. .
A Livermore Falls despatch says: H. I'll
Walkers missing pocket book which con-
|tained $50 was found Wednesday in the posi-
session of one of the workmen at the Falls |
|who states that he found it on the steps of;
Walkers store entirely empty, except someI
papers of value to Walker alone. which he
intended to return. He was locked up to await
fhis hearing Thorsday,
The four masted schooner Mount Hopel
was launched from the yard of H. NJ Bean,
Ia, H.
|over all is two hundred and fifty feet, BEAM
Eforty-two feet, hold twenty feet. She isl
fitted with steam fog whistle Tne|
owned by Capt. }. &. Crowley and others of
Washington.
Rev Messrs. Luce, LeLacheur and Mitch
scll visited Portsmouth, Saturday, to inspect
the list of liquor taxpayers. Collector Page|
fold them that District Attorney Bird had the
list. One of the clergymen went to Portland
sau1 Bird said he had returned the list. They
visited Page Monday. He said the list had
not come. They visited Page, Tuesday He
said the list had come and been returned to
Bird. Thereupon they telegraphed Congress-
fman Dingley, who brought the case to Com
missioner Millers attention, and made the
tiplHt lildt aye Hti no GlBut 10 remove inc
Hist from his Office, but ii must be kept there
for public inspection. The commissioner
Sustained this and gave such orders to Page.
The Eastern Forge Co.'S works at East
EDeering, were burned to the ground, Thurs
\ LAY. The company were making car axles
Land had orders ahead for all winter. 1t is
thought the loss will he as high as $50, 900
land perhaps more. The insurance is placed
lin Boston, and the officers of the company
being out of town the amount is not learned.
| The fire caught from spark from the fur
Inace, on the roof. The building, 100 feet
square, burned down and the addition, 80
] feet square. The buildings were old frame
structures covering valuable machinery,
isome of which is not much damaged others
I more so. The property cost S20 900 and i'm
sprovements have nearly doubled the value.
Fifty men are thrown out of work. The
loss is probably covered by insurance in the
following companies Etna, SO 900; Insur-
lance Co, of North America, 50 ,O00 Home,
! $500; Imperial of London. $1,000; Lanca-
shire, $1,000; German American, 81 900
ttotal, Sl3 800. The works will probably be
Erebuilt